The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments
Multifamily (5+ Units) in Berkeley, CA · 1555 OXFORD ST
At a glance
The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments is a 17,880-square-foot multifamily (5+ units) building at 1555 OXFORD ST in Berkeley, California. In its 2025 Berkeley benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 27.4 kBtu/ft².
BESO (BMC Chapter 19.81) · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 27.4 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 49.2 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 61,355 kWh |
| Natural gas | 2,801 therms |
| Gross floor area | 17,880 sq ft |
| Source record | berkeley:9430:2025 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | 27.4 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2024 | — | 27.1 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2023 | — | 27.9 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2022 | — | 26.6 kBtu/ft² | — |
Compliance context
BESO (BMC Chapter 19.81)
Berkeley's BESO requires annual benchmarking for commercial and multifamily buildings of 15,000 sq ft or more, with energy assessments at time of listing and every five years for buildings of 25,000 sq ft or more.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 1555 OXFORD ST
- City
- Berkeley
- State
- California
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments compare with other multifamily (5+ units) buildings in Berkeley?
The latest disclosures cover 202 multifamily (5+ units) buildings in Berkeley, out of 440 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 27.4 kBtu/ft² is about 17% below the average of 32.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 17,880 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 33,316 sq ft for those buildings.
How has The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 4 Berkeley disclosures for The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments, covering report years 2022–2025. Site EUI moved from 26.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 27.4 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 3% increase.
What does a site EUI of 27.4 kBtu/ft² mean?
Site energy-use intensity (EUI) is the energy a building uses on site in a year divided by its floor area, in thousand Btu per square foot — lower is more efficient. The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments's 27.4 kBtu/ft² across 17,880 sq ft works out to about 0.5 billion Btu (144 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 49.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 61,355 kWh of electricity and 2,801 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments to report its energy use?
The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments reports under BESO (BMC Chapter 19.81), the legal basis of Berkeley's Building Emissions Saving Ordinance, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2025 disclosure (source record berkeley:9430:2025). Berkeley's BESO requires annual benchmarking for commercial and multifamily buildings of 15,000 sq ft or more, with energy assessments at time of listing and every five years for buildings of 25,000 sq ft or more.
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Frequently asked questions
What is The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments's energy grade?
The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 27.4 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 27.4 kBtu/ft² (49.2 kBtu/ft² source) across 17,880 sq ft, including 61,355 kWh of electricity and 2,801 therms of natural gas.
What are The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2025.
Where is The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments?
The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments is at 1555 OXFORD ST, in Berkeley, California.
How big is The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments and when was it built?
The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments has 17,880 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. It is classed as multifamily (5+ units).
Is The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments covered by BESO (BMC Chapter 19.81)?
Yes — it appears in the 2025 Building Emissions Saving Ordinance disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under BESO (BMC Chapter 19.81).
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About this data
Source: Building Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO (BMC Chapter 19.81)), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “The North Berkeley Oxford Street Apartments, Berkeley, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/berkeley/the-north-berkeley-oxford-street-apartments-54a331e6 (data as of October 2, 2026).